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FESTIVAL 2007 |
FILM:
BIRDS EYE VIEW FILM FESTIVAL
This highly accomplished debut from won both the Fipresci Critics award (for new cinema) at Berlin and the Sundance Special Jury Prize For Independent Vision 2006. Young Korean immigrant Aimie (Jiseon Kim), falls in love with her best friend Tran (Taegu Andy Kang) while navigating her way through the challenges of living in a new country. This meditative story boasts strong, subtly expressive central performances from two talented young actors. So Yong Kim is a filmmaker, musician and artist who works in partnership with her husband Bradley Rust Gray. Born and raised in Pusan Korea, she emigrated to the US when she was 12. Having written, directed and edited the film, Kim states: ‘my inspiration for In Between Days came from my teenage years of growing up in a suburb of Los Angeles.. In my circle of Korean Immigrant teenage friends there was a persistent tension when it came to the topics of sex and love… I used this experience as a basis to build a backdrop for the characters.’ Featured at this years Edinburgh International Film Festival, this screening is a special London Premiere of In Between Days.
Read what BEV-er Helen Davies thinks of this film: So Yong Kim captures perfectly the frustrations of the teenage small-town experience, relaying the characters' loneliness and boredom with fantastic subtlety.
The greyness of the snow-covered landscape reflects the monotony of their day-to-day lives, where the search for escapism drives them towards blaring games arcades, casual drug use and petty crime. At the heart of the film is Aimee, a young immigrant facing the double challenge of adolescent heart-ache and trying to come to terms with the strangeness of her surroundings.
The best thing about this film is beyond a doubt Kim's skilful direction. Each shot is beautifully photographed, and she draws powerfully understated performances from her cast.
If you spent your formative years dreaming of an escape to better things, then In Between Days will definitely strike a chord.
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